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THE
BAYTOWN
StJN
Monday,
April
28.
1986
Frederick
loves
work
with
BBBS
SUSAN
FREDERICK
loves
her
work
with
the
East
Harris
County
office
of
Big
Brothers
and
Sisters
in
Baytown.
Coast
guardsmen
shiver
through
clothing
tests
ASTORIA,
Ore.
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—
"I'm
leaking
...
I'm
leaking,"
shouted
Fred
Libby.
The
water's
cold.
The
shouts
are
genuine.
But
they're
also
part
ot
the
routine
when
the
volunteers
plunge
into
the
Columbia
River
water
for
hypothermia
testing.
Libby
held
his
left
arm
high
to
try
to
stop
the
44-degree
water
from
seeping
into
his
flight
suit
through
the
tear
in
the
shoulder.
On
board
the
52-t'ool
motor
lifeboat
Triumph.
Cmdr.
Alan
Steinman
shouted
to
him
to
put
his
arm
back
in
the
water
or
the
test
wouldn't
work.
The
petty
officer
second
class
t
r
o
in
S
I
a
I
i
o
n
(_'
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p
e
D
i
s-
appointment
retorted
with
a
mock
protest,
gritted
his
teeth
and
stuck
the
arm
back
under
I
he
surface.
'
The
wafer
numbs
their
bodies
quickly
when
the
six
U.S.
Coast
(iuardsmen
first
hit
the
water.
The
bravado
and
shouts
hold
tor
a
while.
But
Ihen
I
he
chattering
teeth
and
shivering
takeover.
Libby
drew
the
least
effective
suit
lo
wear
during
the
lest.
He
also
had
to
test
it
immersed
in
Ihe
water,
rather
lhan
sitting
on
the
mock-up
of
a
capsized
boat
hull
or
in
the
one-man
life
raft
Ihe
group
is
testing
tor
the
U.S.
Navy.
After
25
minules
in
the
water,
he
called
lo
Ihe
Triumph
lo
find
on
I
how
last
his
temperature
was
dropping.
Fast
Thai
was
good
news
he'd
be
out
of
the
waler
sooner.
There
are
eight
volunteers
—
lour
from
Air
Station
Astoria
and
two
each
from
the
motor
lifeboat
stations
at
Cape
Disappointment
and
Grays
Harbor
—
who
rotate
through
three
different
rough
water
exposure
conditions
and
test
six
kinds
of
protective
clothing.
While
in
the
water,
they
are
tethered
to
the
Triumph
by
a
safety
line.
The
line
also
carries
a
data
hookup
from
the
sensors
measuring
each
man's
skin
and
body
temperature
to
monitoring
equipment.
Each
man
stays
in
the
water
until
his
body
temperature
drops
below
i)5
degrees,
until
he
asks
to
come
out.
or
until
Steinman.
a
doctor
attached
to
the
Coast
Guard
district
headquarters
in
Seattle,
tells
him
to
come
out.
The
longest
that
anyone
stays
in
the
water
is
two
hours.
Steinman
started
setting
up
for
the
tests
at
Cape
Disappointment
in
January.
In
all.
there
are
20
tests
in
the
water.
From
them
all.
he
is
gelling
information
that
will
help
determine
survival
strategies
lor
helicopter
and
aircraft
crews
and
lor
recreational
boaters.
Most
of
the
results
are
still
preliminary,
but
Steinman
said
the
lests
definitely
showed
that
one's
chances
were
better
out
of
the
water
—
on
an
overturned
boat,
in
a
raft,
or
on
floating
debris
--
than
they
are
immersed
in
it.
The
tests
also
show
where
to
make
compromises
between
what
is
comfortable
in
normal
use
and
necessary
in
an
emergency
School
menus
TUESDAY
BAYTOWN
BREAKFAST
—
Fruit
juice,
sausage,
biscuit
and
milk.
LUNCH
—
Pizza
or
manager's
choice
meat,
beans,
corn,
broccoli,
salad,
bread,
milk
and
cookie.
BARBERS
HILL
BREAKFAST
—
Sausage,
biscuit,
juice
and
milk.
LUNCH
—
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or
liver,
rice,
pinto
beans,
taco
salad,
corn-
bread,
milk
and
fruit
cup.
ST.
JOSEPH
LUNCH
-
Char-broiled
steak,
rice
with
gravy,
green
peas,
fruit
and
milk.
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BREAKFAST
—
Pancakes
with
syrup.
LUNCH
—
Dagburgers,
french
fries,
pop-eye
salad,
gelatin
cubes
and
milk.
Susan
Frederick
has
been
named
director
of
the
East
Harris
County
office
of
Big
Brothers
and
Sisters
located
in
Baytown.
And
after
a
month
with
BBBS,
Ms.
Frederick
said
she
enjoys
her
work
and
the
challenges
it
presents.
"I
love
it...
as
soon
as
I
meet
all
of
our
people
and
learn
the
files,
I
hope
to
make
a
lot
more
matches.
Things
ought
to
really
pick
up
then,"
she
explains.
The
East
Harris
County
office
serves
the
Baytown,
Highlands,
Crosby,
Channelview,
Mont
Belvieu,
La
Porte
and
Pasadena
communities.
.
As
director,
Ms.
Frederick
is
responsible
for
matching
adult
volunteers
to
children
of
single
parent
households.
The
program
is
designed
to
develop
friendships
that
help
a
child
grow
and
'mature
in
a
positive
way.
Her
duties
also
include
acting
as
a
counselor
for
both
adult
and
child
in
learning
how
to
develop
their
relationship.
In
addition
to
DAN
SHELLEY
FOR
State
Representative
Family
Man
T>
Veteran
TT
Community
Leader
Vote
May
3,
Republican
Primary
her
case
work,
Ms.
Frederick
will
run
the
Baytown
office,
a
branch
of
Houston
Big
Brothers
and
Sisters.
With
26
matches
and
a
waiting
list
of
nearly
200
children,
Ms.
Frederick
said
her
first
goals
are
to
make
the
community
more
aware
of
the
BBBS
program
and
to
increase
the
number
of
adults
matched
to
children.
To
become
a
Big
Brother
or
Sister,
volunteers
must
be
at
least
19
years
old,
have
a
stable
lifestyle,
be
willing
to
commit
at
least
a
year
to
the
program
and
be
able
to
spend
three
to
five
hours
a
week
with
their
Little
Brother
or
Sister.
Ms.
Frederick
explained
that
some
potential
volunteers
might
fear
that
they
do
not
have
the
time
to
devote
to
a
young
friend,
and
so
do
not
join
the
program.
"But
once
they
get
into
it,
they
realize
they
like
it
and
it's
easier
to
fit
into
their
schedules,"
she
said.
"Kids
need
that
regular
contact
so
desperately."
With
regard
to
other
requirements
for
adult
volunteers,
Ms.
Frederick
said,
"If
they
can
be
a
friend,
they
can
be
a
Big
Brother
or
Sister."
Raised
in
Lake
Jackson,
Ms.
Frederick
holds
a
master
of
science
degree
in
education
from
the
University
of
Houston
at
Clear
Lake
and
a
bachelor
of
science
in
education
from
•
Stephen
F.
Austin
University
where
she
majored
in
social
work
and
sociology.
She
is
married
to
David
Hicks
with
whom
she
has
a
1-year-old
son,
Joseph.
They
have
lived
in
Baytown
for
two
years.
Ms.
Frederick
brings
with
her
more
than
eight
years
of
experience
in
the
field
of
social
work.
She
has
been
a
child
placement
specialist
for
the
Children's
Protective
Services
for
Liberty/Chambers
Counties
and
Brazoria
County.
Before
that
she
served
as
coordinator
of
client
services
for
the
Angleton.
Youth
Home
operated
by
MHMR
and
as
an
eligibility
worker
for
the
Aid
to
Families
with
Dependent
Children
in
Angleton.
To
enable
her
to
achieve
her
goals
more
effectively,
Ms,
Frederick
said
she
wants
to
net;work
with
other
social
servic$
agencies
in
the
area.
The
BBBS
office
is
located
in
the
educational
building
of
First
Christian
Church,
201
Forrest.
"We're
really
glad
to
have
facilities
in
the
church,"
she
said.
"I'd
like
lo
tell
Baytown
that
we're
here
and
we
want
to
match
volunteers
to
children
so
they
can
help
those
children
in
the
growing
process,"
Ms;.
Frederick
said.
"Big
Brothers
and
Sisters
are
friends
to
children."
For
information
about
how
to
become
a
volunteer,
call
Ms.
Frederick
at
428-8470
during
regular
business
hours.
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